A West Mifflin Area High School student was taken to the hospital Tuesday as a precaution after likely consuming candy that was laced with a controlled substance.

A West Mifflin Area High School student was taken to the hospital Tuesday as a precaution after likely consuming candy that was laced with a controlled substance.

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Updated: 6:32 PM EST Mar 9, 2016

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WEBVTT DANGEROUS. REPORTER: POLICE TELL ME THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS HERE AT WEST MIFFLIN HIGH SCHOOL WHO WERE EITHER IN POSSESSION OF THC INFUSED CANDY OR WHO WERE ACTUALLY SELLING IT. RIGHT NOW POLICE HAVE SENT ALL THAT STUFF TO THE CRIME LAB TO MAKE SURE IT IS WHAT THEY THINK IT IS, AND THEN THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE CHARGED. TEENAGERS USING MARIJUANA WOULD NOT BE NEWS. BUT STUDENTS HAVING AND USING ILLEGAL DRUGS IN SCHOOL IS. WEST MIFFLIN POLICE SAY THEY GOT INFORMATION FROM SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT SOME STUDENTS MAY BE INVOLVED IN USING THIS. IT IS CALL CUSHY PUNCH, IT'S LIKE GAMEY BEARS, BUT IT'S IN THE SHAPE OF A BLOCK AND IT'S LOADED WITH THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUANA, THC. ONE PIECE ACTUALLY MAKES UP FOUR DOSES, ACCORDING TO THE PANEL. >> I WOULD SAY FOR CERTAINLY A CHILD OR A TEENAGER THERE IS NO SAFE OR APPROPRIATE DOSE, AND NOWHERE THAT IT'S LEGAL IS IT LEGAL FOR ANY TEENAGER. REPORTER: HE SAYS THE POT CANDY PROBABLY WON'T KILL YOU, BUT ENOUGH OF ANY SUBSTANCE CAN, AND WHEN THC IS ABUSED KIT MEAN THE PERSON TAKING IT TURNS DANGEROUS TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. ONE WEST MIFFLIN STUDENT HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SYMPTOMS CAN BE SERIOUS. >> NAUSEA, VOMITING, ANXIETY, FAST HEART RATE, TREMORS, WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THOSE TYPES OF SYMPTOMS THAT THEY'VE HAD JUST FROM EATING THESE TREATS OR SNACKS. REPORTER: THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THAT NONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK THAT CANDY THAT'S LACED WITH THC DID SO ACCIDENTALLY. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THE DOCTOR WE SPOKE WITH FROM THE POISON CENTER SAYS SINCE STATES LIKE COLORADO HAVE LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THESE SO-CALLED EDIBLE POT ITEMS SHOWING UP IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND PARENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE ILLEGAL AND THEY CAN BE DANGEROUS. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE CHARGES ARE FILE FORWARD THE

West Mifflin students face drug charges for THC-infused candy

A West Mifflin Area High School student was taken to the hospital Tuesday as a precaution after likely consuming candy that was laced with a controlled substance.